Therapists in Bracebridge, ON

There are many life changes that bring people to meet with a counsellor. Whether you are seeking to manage your anger, depression, anxiety or to cope with a crisis in you and your family/marriage or build more interpersonal communication skills. I provide counselling for Individuals, marriage or couples therapy. There are many tools that can help you cope with stressful events. Together we can build a treatment plan that meets your goals. Taking the first step to call can be overwhelming, it can also be rewarding when you find that there are tools available to help with achieving your goals.

I am a Registered Social Worker experienced in supporting individuals as they work towards improving their quality of life, relationships, and mental health. My therapeutic approach is culturally sensitive, client-centered, and collaborative. By creating a safe space for self-reflection and processing, I incorporate peoples’ strengths into our work and develop wellness strategies to help people cope with, heal from, and overcome challenges.

I provide a comfortable and safe place to work with your emotions and develop insight into life patterns that are no longer serving you. Whether you are coming to therapy to unpack past painful experiences or work towards future goals of living a more fulfilling and meaningful life, I welcome a chance to guide you through the process. Through our work together I can help you realize your full potential, strengthen important relationships and live a more integrated and confident life. Through this process my clients develop a more in depth understanding of themselves which enables more authentic living.

I have been committed to supporting the development of individuals, couples, and families since 2001. My work has focused on the areas of mood, anxiety, traumatic stress, personality, attachment, and relationships/family systems. In addition, I work regularly in the area of family-building, including fertility stress, perinatal and postpartum issues, third-party reproduction, fostering, and adoption as well as parenting. I am a clinical supervisor for psychologists, psychotherapists, residents,​ and graduate students from various Universities, teaching integrative and trauma-focused therapy, as well as psychological assessment.

I know it takes a lot of courage to face parts of ourselves that have felt alone, inadequate, ashamed, fearful or overwhelmed unable to imagine a way forward. As a holistic and relational therapist I am passionate about supporting individuals and couples gain a deeper understanding of themselves and the past experiences, traumas, and/or relationships that brought them here. Together, we will foster a space where compassion and vulnerability are possible and you can safely lower your walls, embrace your strengths and fullest self, and ultimately heal with a renewed sense of clarity, confidence, and hope in navigating a path forward.

Clients in my practice are from diverse backgrounds who have experienced traumatic events that are adversely impacting their personal sense of who they are, their relationships, both personal and professional. They usually have a history of ancestral and intergenerational violence and seek therapy for resolve issues such as historic and current sexual/violence, intimate relational violence, trafficking, trauma related to war and conflict, workplace violence, discrimination and harassment. The clients are seeking to make sense of their lived experiences, recover their agency and power to live a wholesome life with dignity and respect

Welcome, I am so glad you are here. My name is Melissa Louka, the proud owner of Under The Oak Psychotherapy. I am passionate about walking alongside women, teens and young adults in the ups and downs of this life. At Under the Oak, I work with you to sit safely in the pain, grieving and uncertainty, all the while helping you to see the flickers of beauty through the trees. I understand that it can be difficult to find purpose and meaning in seasons of suffering, which is why I work with you to help create a life you want stick around for and is worth your while.

I provide a space for your story to be heard and held with compassion, care, and gentle curiosity. I believe therapy is a mutual and collaborative process grounded in genuine connection, trust, safety, and a commitment to seeing one another in our wholeness—we are more than our trauma or our current challenge. We are a people with a rich history, ancestral wisdom, and embodied knowledge. We also have joy, dreams, and an innate ability to heal. I come to this work with the understanding that healing is nourished through connection, community, justice, and collective liberation.

Randi has extensive experience and advanced training in a range of treatment modalities including psychodynamic oriented treatment and cognitive behaviour therapy. She takes an integrative and collaborative approach to her work with clients. She offers treatment for a range of issues including anxiety, relationship problems, adjustment disorders, and has specific expertise in the treatment of eating disorders, body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem/ self-confidence, women's issues, life-threatening illness, and loss and bereavement. Randi works with adolescents, young adults, and adults in individual, couple and family therapy. She has extensive experience working with university and college students.

As a Registered Psychotherapist, and Marriage & Family Therapist, I work with individuals, couples and families. I offer an emotionally safe, non-judgmental and relational approach for my clients to share the content of their stories, circumstances, and life experiences. I have worked with a wide range of clients within the realms of cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and relational issues, however at the root of nearly all presenting problems is the emotional impact of a relationship. My specialty in relationships enables me to work confidently, and effectively with my clients regardless of their identified issue.

Welcome to my web-page and thank you for checking out my practice profile. I have 20 years of providing professional mental health supports to my clients and bring a warm and compassionate presence to my work with you. I seek to create a safe environment in which we collaboratively process difficult feelings towards making meaningful changes to create a more fulfilled life. I use an integrative model tailored to your specific needs. If you are stuck in unhelpful relationship interpersonal cycles; need clarity on life transitions, family dynamics or struggling with a difficult past, I can support you.

When difficult times come, people are drawn to look at themselves. The habitual patterns of personality and relationships may no longer work or may be unsuited to who you are now. Feelings like shame, guilt and loneliness are painful. Unconscious defenses that protected you in the past can create problems rather than solve them and can actually inhibit your growth and freedom in the present. Therapy can increase self awareness, improve relationships, vitalize your sense of self, help you to discovery meaning and purpose, provide solutions to problems and reduce feelings of distress. Therapy is like a renovation. 30 years experience.